As first reported by E! Online, a Fox rep confirms to The Hollywood Reporter that the Book of Mormon Broadway star will join the Fox comedy during that Tuesday's 9 p.m. outing.

Gad, who has appeared on Bored to Death, Modern Family and Californication, also stars in NBC's presidential midseason comedy, 1600 Penn. On New Girl he'll play Bearclaw, a beer delivery man at Nick's (Jake Johnson) bar who tries to woo Jess (Zooey Deschanel).